Writer Nikole Hannah jones. Focusing on the post obama center. [applause] good evening. As you might guess, im kyle coldwater, im not the renowned thinker that was previously introduced. Im proud to be your moderator forking this conversation. Two important caveats. One is that our speakers have come to talk about a wide variety of views and you can imagine they may not be the same views. Thats the whole point of the conversation. Were going to host a conversation between our two guests today, and then we will do q a in the audience and there will be cards available for you to have time to write down your questions. I dent quote gleve a lot but his best quote is the instruction to the audience in rooms like this where you make a point to say please form your statement in the form of a question. Or if you have a question, please be its brilliant. As you think about the questions, meese be concise and that will allow for more dialogue. This is a room of friends and we are midwest nice if